Hair-dressing device



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Patented Feb. 12, 1924 UNITED ii: S

WALTER SAMMON'S, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR-DRESSING DEVICE.

Application filed December 2, 1921. Serial No. 519,348.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. SAMMONS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Hair-Dressing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to provide a hair dressing implement having thermometric means for indicating the temperature of the hair manipulating members, as the jaws of a curling or marcelling iron, to enable the user to avoid singeing or burning the hair or skin of the person being operated upon, as frequently occurs with the use of implements at indiscriminate heats, particularly 1 where hair dressing is done by an unskilled operator. A further object of my invention is to so house the thermometer throughout its length as to avoid breakage thereof by unequal expansion or contraction of the implement parts or by usual blows or knocks. A further object of my invention is to provide an implement having thermometric indicating means which, by conveniently made substitutions of parts, is adaptable for use as a curling iron, Marcel waver, or comb.

The characteristic features and advantages 30 of my improvements will more fully appear from the following description and the accompanying drawings in illustration thereof. 1

In the drawings. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a curling iron embodying improvements of my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. .3 is a side elevation of an implement embodying improvements of my invention having detachable curling iron attachments for which may be substituted parts converting the implement into a Marcel waver, illustrated in top plan view in Fig. 4; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the main shaft of the implement illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4; Fig. 6 1s a perspective view of the detachable collar on which is pivoted the complementary aws of the irons illustrated in Figs.v

' 3 and 4; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the yoked legs which are attached to the shaft of the curling iron shown in Fig. 3 to produce the shaft ofthe, Marcel waver shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view on the line 8--8 of Fig. 3; Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 10 is a part sectional elevation of a comb head which may be substituted for the waving legs of Figs. 3 and 4.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, improvements ofmy invention are em bodied in an implement comprising a shaft 1 to which a lever 2 is pivotally connected by pintles 3, an elastic bow 4 being interposed between the members to normally maintain them in desired relation. The shaft 1. preferably consists of a hollow tube comprising a cylindrical leg forming a jaw 5 anda reduced end section 6 containing a slot 7. A thermometer 8, disposed within the tube, has its bulb seated in an asbestos packing 9 at the end of the jaw and its graduated part in registration with the slot 8, the thermometer being thus protected throughout its length by a continuous housing. A heat insulating handle 10, sleeved on the reduced end of the shaft with one end abutting against the 75 shoulder 5', is held firmly in position by 'a plug 11 threaded into the end of the shaft and having a flange 11 engaging the end of the handle 10, the plug also serving as a closure for the end of the tube to retain therein the asbestos packing 12 forming a seat for the upper end of the thermometer. The handle 10 contains a fenestration 13 registering with the slot 8 and closed by a transparent plate 14 held in place by the i frame 15 secured to the handle by screws.

The lever 2 comprises a concave jaw 16 complementary to the jaw 5 and .a curved neck 17 terminating in a handle 18 of suitable heat insulating material.

InFigs. 3 to 10 inclusive, there is illustrated an implement comprising a shaft consistin of a cylindrical tube 16 containing a slot 1 and having threaded thereoninter mediate its ends a ferrule 18 providing a 95 shoulder 19 against which abuts an end of a heat insulating handle ,20, the handle being sleeved on the tube and containing a fenestration 21 registering with the slot 17 and covered by a transparent plate 22 secured in place by the frame 22'.

sleeve 23, telescoped on the tube 16 and threaded on the ferrule 18, contains a recess 24 forming a cooling chamber packed with asbestos 25 to check the transmission to the 1% handle of heat applied to the hair manipulating member telescoped on the end of the tube opposite the handle.

The handle and hair manipulatin memher are held in place on the tube by fiugs 25 no threaded in the opposite ends of the tube and 1 having flanges 25 engaging the ends of the handle and hair manipulating member re-.

'spcctively. The plugs 25 form closures for the. ends of the tube to retain therein the asbestos packings 26 and 26 forming cushion seats for the respective ends of athermomforming a jaw adapted to coact with a com-' plementary concave 'aw 29 of a lever 30 having a heat insulating handle 31 and adapted to' be pivotally connected to the shaftof the implement by pintles 32 passing through the cars of the lever into a collar 33. detachably and adjustably clamped on thesleeve-23 by the bolt and nut 34.

As illustrated in Figs. 4', 7 and 9, the curling iron illustrated in Figs. 3 and 8 may beexpanded to form a Marcel waver by inserting between the ends of the sleeve 23 and leg 28, the yoke 28 which containsan aperture 28 for the-passage of the tube 16 and has fixed thereto, the legs 28 adapted to i lie parallel with the leg 28." A lever so v.having a plurality of concave jaws 29, is

/ vice or vice versa, it is only necessary to resubstitulted for the lever 30 when the implement is used as a Marcel waver.

As illustrated in Fig. 10, a comb head comprising a hollowleg 34 and teeth 35 may be substituted for the jaws 28 and 28 and the levers coacting with such jaws omitted.

It will be understood that in substituting on the'shaft the comb for the curling demove'the corresponding plug 25, slip off one member, slip on the other member and again securethexplug in place, a suitable comple-I mentary lever being attached or omitted as may be required. In converting the implement from a single curler to a Marcel waver,

50 theflplugis unscrewed, the leg 28 removed,

the yoke 28 slipped over the tube into abuttlng relatlon with the sleeve 23, the leg 28 again telescoped on the tube and the plug reinserted so that its flange engages the seat in the leg.

"In'use, the temperature of the hair manipulating members is readily ascertained by the operator by observation of the thermometer through the fenestrated handle,

hence both overheating and underheating are readily avoided. The thermometer being completely housed by a continuous inember 1s protected from breakage due to relative movements of parts of the implement as a resultof expansion and contraction, as well as from knocks or blow The provision of the instrument masses means for the substitution of different hair heating coil, and thereby the mercury orv liquid contained in the bulb of the thermometer will be caused to expand and register on the graduations visible through the handle fenestrations the temperature of the iron and that b keeping the temperature of between predetermined limits all danger of scorching or burning from overheat is avoided and unsatisfactory effects resulting from the use of an underheated instrument is likewise avoided.

Having describedmy invention, I claim: 1. A hair dressing device comprising a recessed'shaft having jaw and handle sections, a fenestrated handle sleeved on said shaft, a 'thermometer'disposed in said recess and visible through the fenestration of said handleand a plug engaged in an end of said shaft, said plug having a flange engaging and positioning said handle.

2. A hair dressing device comprising a hollow shaft, 9. fenestrated handle fixed on one end of said shaft; a hair manipulating member sleeved on the other end of said shaft, and a thermometer disposed in said shafo with its bulbadjacent to said member and its upper portion visible through said fenestration, said shaft extending substantially the entire length of said thermometer.

3. A hair dressing device comprising a recessed shaft, a thermometer disposed in said recess, a fenestrated handle sleeved on said shaft, a plug closing an end of said shaft and engaging said handle thereon, in position to display through said fenestration, a hair manipulating member sleeved on'said shaft, and a plug fixed to the other end of saidshaft and engaging said member thereon.

said thermometer 4. A hair dressing device comprising a hollow fenestrated shaft, 3, fenestrated handle sleeved on said shaft, said shaft extending substantially the entire length of said handle, a hair-manipulating member sleeved on the other end of said shaft, said shaft extending substantially the entire length of said member, a thermometer positioned in said shaft for ob rvation through said fenestrations and having its bulb ad- .jacent to said member, aiid devices engag ing oppositeends pf said shaft, fixing said handle and member thereon, and securing said thermometer therein.

. 5. A hairdressing. device comprising a shaft, a handle fixed on said shaft,-.interchangeable jaw members, means forattaching there'spective jaw members to. said shaft,

complementary jaw members for the respective jaw members first named, and

means for pivotally connecting to-said shaft with said shaft and having a jaw complementary to said jaw first named.

7. A hair dressing device comprising a hollow fenestrated shaft, a collar on said shaft and having a recess forming a cooling chamber, a hair manipulating member sleeved on said shaft, a thermometer positioned in said shaft for observation through said fenestration and having its bulb adjacent to saidemember, and a plug threaded in said shaft to secure said thermometer therein and a flange engaging said member to secure it on said shaft.

8. A hair dressing device comprising a hollow shaft, a fenestrated handle fixed on an end of said shaft, a thermometer positioned in said shaft for observation through said fenestration, a hair manipulating member comprising a plurality of arms, a yoke connecting said arms and containing. an aperture for the passage of said shaft, means for fixing said yoke on said shaft, and a lever pivotally connected with said shaft and provided with complementary jaws coacting with said arms.

Signed at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsyly'ania, this 1st day of December, 1921.

WALT. H. SAMMONS. 

